The Gods Must Be Crazy II

"This Time, Everybody's Going Crazier."

1989 1h 38m EN

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7.1

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★7.1TMDB · 581

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Synopsis

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Xixo is back again. This time, his children accidentally stow away on a fast-moving poachers' truck, unable to get off, and Xixo sets out to rescue them. Along the way, he encounters a couple of soldiers trying to capture each other and a pilot and passenger of a small plane, who are each having a few problems of their own.

“This Time, Everybody's Going Crazier.”

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Cast

N!xau
Xixo
Lena Farugia
Dr. Ann Taylor
Hans Strydom
Dr. Stephen Marshall
Eiros
Xiri
Nadies
Xisa
Erick Bowen
Mateo
Pierre van Pletzen
George
Lourens Swanepoel
Brenner

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Jamie Uys
Writers: Jamie Uys
Languages: Afrikaans, English
Countries: South Africa, Botswana, United States of America

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ERA

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37 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Afrikaans, English.

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WORLD

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International production across 3 countries: South Africa, Botswana, United States of America.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "The Gods Must Be Crazy Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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WORLD

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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ERA

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Directed by Jamie Uys, shot by Buster Reynolds. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Charles Fox. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Renée Engelbrecht shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Jamie Uys directs. Buster Reynolds behind the camera. Charles Fox scores. Renée Engelbrecht cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Profitable at the box office. Produced in South Africa, Botswana, United States of America. Dialogue in Afrikaans, English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

137 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Afrikaans, English.
3International production across 3 countries: South Africa, Botswana, United States of America.
4Part of the "The Gods Must Be Crazy Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
6Directed by Jamie Uys, shot by Buster Reynolds. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
7Original score by Charles Fox. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
8Editor Renée Engelbrecht shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
9N!xau and Lena Farugia and Hans Strydom carry the top of the cast.
10Marketing tagline: "This Time, Everybody's Going Crazier.".
11IMDB entry: tt0097443 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
12Classified under 11 themes, including "airplane", "civilization", "stowaway", "safari".
13Released under 15 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Buster Reynolds
Original score: Charles Fox
Editing: Renée Engelbrecht
Runtime: 98 min · 1h 38m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $7,500,000
Box office: $9,600,000
Return: 128% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: The Gods Must Be Crazy II (1989)

Part of

The Gods Must Be Crazy Collection

The Gods Must Be Crazy Collection chronicles the comic adventures of a Kalahari Bushman named Xixo as his world is invaded by modern civilisation. In TGMBC 1 Xixo's life is thrown into turmoil by an object the gods must have sent from the sky (a Coke bottle), a bumbling scientist and a band of revolutionaries. In TGMBC 2 the comedy involves a poacher's truck that his children accidentally stow away in, a city lawyer and scientist whose plane crashes in the desert and two soldiers from opposite sides of a brewing war, all of whom cross paths with Xixo to hilarious ends.